The Changing Academic Profession in Japan

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Arimoto, Akira (Editor), Cummings, William K. (Editor), Huang, Futao (Editor), Shin, Jung Cheol (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: The Changing Academy – The Changing Academic Profession in International Comparative Perspective ; 11
• Subjects: Education.; International education.; Comparative education.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Higher education.; International and Comparative Education.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Higher Education.

This volume provides an empirical and qualitative analysis of the nature and extent of the Japanese academic profession, with a special focus on the changes that occurred in the period between 1992 and 2007. Based on responses to two comprehensive surveys administered to faculty samples with a simil...